Litl Red
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Never seen Gypsies around here, but have often seen the tactics described above. Not as intelligently done. Mostly just outside the redevelopment neighborhoods. In fact, around Christmas time it's almost traditional to encounter at least one snatch-and-run at a discount store. The big parking lots seem to afford an easy pickup by a waiting van with the door open.
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All this explains why Civil War artillery teams were controlled by a rider. Most everybody knew how to ride. Teams would have constantly been shuffled. Less complicated hitching etc. And of course, the rider didn't take up space on the caisson.
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Forgot to mention it's a real good idea to get them on the phone to order.
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Made up a couple from parts a few years ago and found the handguard at https://www.gunpartscorp.com/ad/525100.htm
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The "drone" in the photo is a Radio Control model. Notice the servos and connectors to the flaps and ailerons.
Also interesting that it would be carrying a long range aux fuel tank on a plane whose purpose was to be shot down almost immediately, as they were target drones. Also interestingly the FAA considered all model planes as drones from day one. They've since modified that slightly.
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Sorry, to clarify it was stated uberti rifles cost more than others and "do not even have match grade barrels".
Some of "those others" are below average grade too.
There are often decent shooting Uberti's at matches. What you're looking for is hard to predict on price or reputation alone because the matches they're used in take way more than just a good barrel. The shooters often make average rifles finish better than they should. Working up match quality ammo makes some rifles look better than they should. Handling those Vernier sights makes some look worse and some look better.....
There's way too much involved to say a certain make will be your best choice.
And just finding a rifle to buy stirs the pot even more.
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C.Sharps has a .40 caliber 1885 in stock for 3K. Get it bored for 40-70SS or 40-65 and you'll have real good odds it'll be a winner.
Used Brownings are a good one to shop for.
http://csharpsarms.com/catalog-detail/406/1885-HIGHWALL-SPORTING-RIFLE-IN-40-CAL-ANY-sn85-1204.html
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Good barrels?
There is a huge following of specialty barrels in that bunch of shooters. And their matches are definitely accuracy challenging, so those guys are demanding.
C.Sharps and Shiloh raised the bar and lots of the cheaper suppliers often aren't up to it with the majority of their production. You pays your money and you takes your chances. C.Sharps 1885 High Wall is an odds on favorite to be accurate, and that's accurate enough to win at long range and lots of shots kind of matches. Of course, guys who buy expensive rifles usually put accurate, quality sights on them too.
The foreign guns are often nice. And available too. But cheap ones often come with junk for sights. And after all the odds of the barrel shooting are not as long as winning the lottery. More like the movie for the evening being as good as Jimmy Stewart in Winchester 73.
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WOW! Why did no one see this kind of thing happening when legalization was being discussed? It seems like someone could have foreseen it, even as unbelievable as it is.
Of course someone foresaw what could happen. And moved some of their people up there to get a head start. It cut their "importation" expenses tremendously.
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The percentage that are dumb, idiots, stupid, or lame brained really hasn't changed. What has changed is how dumb, idiotic and stupid our present schools are when it comes to teaching those kids. Lowering the bar reduced what is being taught. Busting arse to protect fragile self image has cut out the requirement to actually learn what anemic lessons are presented. Empowering has removed discipline.
Are you surprised by what our schools are producing? Then you weren't paying attention when it was going on during your watch. If you aren't surprised, you probably also have realized our system of government (being media driven) had a major weakness and unfortunately we didn't learn how to work it like the "other side" did.
When I was in school, my journalism professor was thought to be a card carrying communist. lol He was also gay, but that wasn't something anyone talked about openly. How much has changed since then.
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Matthew, If you didn't try J&B Weld, it might be better than regular epoxy. It's got metal filler and that helps the epoxy keep place with the barrel steel when it expands and contracts. Without it, the expansion/contraction difference worries the glue and steel apart over time.
Some rifle stock bedding kits come with metal filler to mix into the bedding epoxy. The idea there is to match the expansion of the receiver and the epoxy. The idea works for bedding and repairs. Especially when there is a gap to fill and heating and cooling going on. And you have filler to use with regular epoxy when you think it'll help.
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I build and fly RC aircraft. Mostly 1/4 scale gas engine powered WW1 Bipes. Thanks to this drone crap I am now registered with the FAA and have a number that must be visible on all my aircraft.
And the way the present bill that passed the Senate (possibly aided by the news story) is written, if you bust that model and intend to repair it, your repair just might require the same checkoff process that happens if it'd been a Cessna. The bill is clear that if you built it from scratch, you would face the same process home builders face building a 4 seat "Experimental". (And that's the case whether it's your thousands of dollars worth of 1/4scale model Bipe or the $120 RC trainer I use teaching beginners to fly.)
Seems a bit stupid doesn't it?
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Also, once upon a time, I watched gummit and AF inspectors "working" at a major aircraft manufacturer.
It was a branch of my career path that I quickly decided was bad for my self image.
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And yesterday around noon the Senate almost unanimously passed a bill to regulate the spreading terror.
It happens to contain a definition of drones that also happens to include model airplanes. In fact it clearly states that from now on if you happen to build a model airplane in your shop, you will be required to do so to FAA specifications, the same that regulate Boeing and Cessna.
I once provided my childrens' teachers with simple model airplane kits for their science class. They would will require an FAA inspection during construction nowadays. To insure proper use of approved materials and components. The Senate bill really wasn't the smartest piece of work they'd ever whipped up. But it will be law if the House is as stupid and the POTUS signs whatever comes through our wonderful process. Just makes you proud to be ammurican.
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No, but I am pretty sure (visual) it is a bullet as it speeds back toward me after hitting a steel target and striking me. Distance is short and speed of bounce back bullet is significant. So if a shooter can see a bullet heading back to him, it is very plausable for pilot to see/comprehend/and made a rational judgement of what hit him.
I missed in the article where the "possible drone" was supposed to have hit the Airbus. And I read every word. Windshield? You ever seen the bugs about to hit the hood? Or happen to have seen any of those impacts? Not a problem with the ones that hit the windshield. So do you figure that hawkeyed pilot spotted something "supposedly a drone" before it hit his wing?
Today at noon, the Senate was voting on a bill that was to regulate model airplanes and drones. The timing of this incident is superb. And what the article actually says is also perfect.
Was anyone hurt by the pilot's testimony? It was harmless, wasn't it?
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I have heard that a teaspoon of bleach in a pot of beans won't cut gas, but it will keep you from staining your shorts.
Well actually, it'll keep the blood stains from being stained darker.
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There is only one bathroom available to the horses, no matter what their sexual persuasion.
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Transporting within 1000' of school property?
How about 10'?
Where I live, and where the ranges are that I use, it's actually impossible to get to ANY ONE OF THE RANGES without driving past a couple of schools grounds, with the road bordering the property. Alternate routes? There aren't any because there are schools directly on every thoroughfare in every direction, much less between the house and those ranges. In fact, I can't get out of town from my house without passing more than one school.
Schools are usually built on thoroughfares and towns usually suffer traffic problems because they don't have enough thoroughfares with or without schools on them.
I used to shoot highpower at a little club range way out in the country. Getting to the highway that way passed two elementary schools, a high school and a church school. Get off the highway on the only road to the farm where the club range was and immediately on your left was the county high school. A bit farther was an elementary. I once had a tire blow coming home and changed it where the moms line up to wait.
The fatal flaw with that law isn't how unavoidable it is for law abiding shooters, but how impotent it is. It doesn't come close to protecting against the crazies who target school populations, and it couldn't possibly keep them "at a safe distance" from almost every school property, or at least every one around here.
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As we speak, the FAA is pushing forth new controls and flight rules concerning drones (and model airplanes).
Just to fly either drones or model airplanes now (since the middle of Feb) require you to register YOURSELF. And your model must have the registration number on/in it. No kidding. Something to pay attention to is that if you use your drone for "commercial purposes" you must have registered by mail with the FAA (as opposed to registering using their internet website) "commercially". In any case, flying without registration supposedly subjects you to the possibility of fairly heavy fines and possible jail time. This is not a joke. Well, many long time modelers actually consider most of the rules to be exactly that, jokes.
The Senate just passed legislation that attempts to control drone use. As you would guess, the national model organization (AMA) has been trying to inject some reality into the rules, and trying to explain what is going on to it's membership. The recent bill can actually be described much the way Obamacare was: It really needs to be passed before anyone will be able to tell what it actually contains.
Not kidding. If you have a drone and haven't registered, flying it is breaking the law. Whatever the laws are.
For example, flying over any person is a no-no. You haven't heard about this? Ignorance is no excuse as they say in court.
FAA online registration: https://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/
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(Habitual drunk driver was one with 3+ prior arrest for DWI, some had 30+ biggest one we nabbed had 49 priors)
Makes one proud of our Courts.
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Do I need a globe front sight if I get the creedmoore rear sight?
Globes usually take inserts. Having the option of swapping front inserts is a huge benefit. You have the capability to match the front insert to your eyesight and/or to the target itself. Most of the competitive shooters around here probably averaged testing 3 or more inserts before finding the one that helped them get the highest scores.
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By Jeff Foxworthy:
If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, — you might live in a nation (state) that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots WE DO LIVE IN SUCH A DUMB COUNTRY!!
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If, in the nation's largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman who is confined to a wheelchair or a three-year-old girl can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is "cute" but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more "safe" according to the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE IN ALL UPCOMING ELECTIONS. MOST OF THE IDIOTS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY SAY ONE THING AND DO THE OPPOSITE KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED THEM IN DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY DO BUT ONLY WHAT THEY SAY. -
Measured protrusion is ok?
First move would be to see if it is ok, or if it's you primer seating or primer hardness/impact force.
You reload? Select a handful of cartridges and verify the primers are seated uniformly.
Load a seclected round, cock and trigger it. If it fires, do the same with the next one.
First misfire, pull the cartridge and check the firing pin indentation and the primer seating depth.
You want to find out for sure if the firing pin is hitting and if it's adequate.
Then you want to find out if the primers were seated properly (something you might find out when selecting that handful of cartridges.)
You might discover the hammer spring is weak.
It might be buildup in the action blocking the firing pin fall.
But first thing is to do some easy and cheap testing to start narrowing your focus.
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Don't have the money to contribute, so I just emailed a six pack of beer instead.
Grandpa looses his grandson.
in SASS Wire Saloon
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The community and family of the killers are guilty of bringing up most of their many, many offspring believing that killing someone over clothes is acceptable behavior. They are also guilty of not policing their own community.
This isn't about the 2nd Amendment at all.
That community does one thing very well. Create new voters.